Chinatown in Vancouver - Worth a Visit
Vancouver's Chinatown is North America's second largest Chinatown after San Francisco. Mandarin and Cantonese are the mother tongues in 30 per cent of Vancouver homes, which makes Chinese the largest "minority" ethnic group in the Lower Mainland.
A visit to downtown Vancouver's Chinatown will reveal lots of interesting sights. You'll find fresh food and cheap houseware markets and traditional Chinese medicine shops. On weekend evenings during the summer months, Keefer and Pender Streets become a busy open-air night market, attracting locals from all over the city.
While touring the Chinatown area the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens are worth a visit, or check out the ornate Millennium Gate (featured in the image below) - just steps away from the gardens on Pender Street.
Getting There:
If you are walking from the downtown hotel district, follow the Silk Road walking route marked by colourful street-side banners. The stroll only takes 10 minutes to arrive at the Millennium Gate, the imperial entrance to Chinatown.
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